diff --git a/lib/foodcritic/api.rb b/lib/foodcritic/api.rb
index 6dfdbdb9..23701b3f 100644
--- a/lib/foodcritic/api.rb
+++ b/lib/foodcritic/api.rb
@@ -137,12 +137,21 @@ def gem_version(version)
     # Retrieve the recipes that are included within the given recipe AST.
     #
     # @param [Nokogiri::XML::Node] ast The recipe AST
+    # @param [Hash] options Options to filter recipes to include
+    # @option [Symbol] :with_partial_names Include string literals for recipes
+    #   that have an embedded sub-expression.
     # @return [Hash] include_recipe nodes keyed by included recipe name
-    def included_recipes(ast)
+    def included_recipes(ast, options = {:with_partial_names => true})
       raise_unless_xpath!(ast)
+
+      filter = ['[count(descendant::args_add) = 1]']
+      unless options[:with_partial_names]
+        filter << '[count(descendant::string_embexpr) = 0]'
+      end
+
       # we only support literal strings, ignoring sub-expressions
-      included = ast.xpath(%q{//command[ident/@value = 'include_recipe'][count(
-        descendant::args_add) = 1][count(descendant::string_embexpr) = 0]
+      included = ast.xpath(%Q{//command[ident/@value = 'include_recipe']
+        #{filter.join}
         [descendant::args_add/string_literal]/descendant::tstring_content})
       included.inject(Hash.new([])){|h, i| h[i['value']] += [i]; h}
     end
diff --git a/lib/foodcritic/rules.rb b/lib/foodcritic/rules.rb
index 7dc24037..03de009f 100644
--- a/lib/foodcritic/rules.rb
+++ b/lib/foodcritic/rules.rb
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@
     metadata_path =Pathname.new(
       File.join(File.dirname(filename), '..', 'metadata.rb')).cleanpath
     next unless File.exists? metadata_path
-    undeclared = included_recipes(ast).keys.map do |recipe|
+    actual_included = included_recipes(ast, :with_partial_names => false)
+    undeclared = actual_included.keys.map do |recipe|
       recipe.split('::').first
     end - [cookbook_name(filename)] -
         declared_dependencies(read_ast(metadata_path))
-    included_recipes(ast).map do |recipe, include_stmts|
+    actual_included.map do |recipe, include_stmts|
       if undeclared.include?(recipe) ||
          undeclared.any?{|u| recipe.start_with?("#{u}::")}
         include_stmts
diff --git a/spec/foodcritic/api_spec.rb b/spec/foodcritic/api_spec.rb
index 1b15792c..f75bcd16 100644
--- a/spec/foodcritic/api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/foodcritic/api_spec.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 describe FoodCritic::Api do
 
+  def parse_ast(str)
+    api.send(:build_xml, Ripper::SexpBuilder.new(str).parse)
+  end
+
   let(:api) { Object.new.extend(FoodCritic::Api) }
 
   describe "#attribute_access" do
@@ -196,6 +200,62 @@
         [String]
       api.included_recipes(ast).values.must_equal [[{'value' => 'foo::bar'}]]
     end
+    it "correctly keys an included recipe specified as a string literal" do
+      api.included_recipes(parse_ast(%q{
+        include_recipe "foo::default"
+      })).keys.must_equal ["foo::default"]
+    end
+    describe "embedded expression - recipe name" do
+      let(:ast) do
+        parse_ast(%q{
+          include_recipe "foo::#{bar}"
+        })
+      end
+      it "returns the literal string component by default" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast).keys.must_equal ["foo::"]
+      end
+      it "returns the literal string part of the AST" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast)['foo::'].first.must_respond_to(:xpath)
+      end
+      it "returns empty if asked to exclude statements with embedded expressions" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast, :with_partial_names => false).must_be_empty
+      end
+      it "returns the literals if asked to include statements with embedded expressions" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast, :with_partial_names => true).keys.must_equal ["foo::"]
+      end
+    end
+    describe "embedded expression - cookbook name" do
+      let(:ast) do
+        parse_ast(%q{
+          include_recipe "#{foo}::bar"
+        })
+      end
+      it "returns the literal string component by default" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast).keys.must_equal ["::bar"]
+      end
+      it "returns the literal string part of the AST" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast)['::bar'].first.must_respond_to(:xpath)
+      end
+      it "returns empty if asked to exclude statements with embedded expressions" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast, :with_partial_names => false).must_be_empty
+      end
+    end
+    describe "embedded expression - partial cookbook name" do
+      let(:ast) do
+        parse_ast(%q{
+          include_recipe "#{foo}_foo::bar"
+        })
+      end
+      it "returns the literal string component by default" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast).keys.must_equal ["_foo::bar"]
+      end
+      it "returns the literal string part of the AST" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast)['_foo::bar'].first.must_respond_to(:xpath)
+      end
+      it "returns empty if asked to exclude statements with embedded expressions" do
+        api.included_recipes(ast, :with_partial_names => false).must_be_empty
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe :AttFilter do
@@ -275,9 +335,6 @@
   end
 
   describe "#notifications" do
-    def parse_ast(str)
-      ast = api.send(:build_xml, Ripper::SexpBuilder.new(str).parse)
-    end
     it "returns empty if the provided AST does not support XPath" do
       api.notifications(nil).must_be_empty
     end
@@ -1115,8 +1172,7 @@ def xpath(str)
 
   describe "#resource_attributes" do
     def str_to_atts(str)
-      ast = api.send(:build_xml, Ripper::SexpBuilder.new(str).parse)
-      api.resource_attributes(api.find_resources(ast).first)
+      api.resource_attributes(api.find_resources(parse_ast(str)).first)
     end
     it "raises if the resource does not support XPath" do
       lambda{api.resource_attributes(nil)}.must_raise ArgumentError